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I just live one day at a time. That’s my new theory in life.

Truman Capote

A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That’s why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.
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Conversation Goodness Intelligence Scarcity Talk
The problem with living outside the law is that you no longer have its protection.
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Law Live Problem Protection
Imagination, of course, can open any door – turn the key and let terror walk right in.
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Imagination Key Open Terrorism Walk
The brain may take advice, but not the heart, and love, having no geography, knows no boundaries: weight and sink it deep, no matter, it will rise and find the surface.
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Advice Boundary Brain Heart Love Rise Surface Weight
They can romanticize us so, mirrors, and that is their secret: what a subtle torture it would be to destroy all the mirrors in the world: where then could we look for reassurance of our identities?
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Destroy Identity Mirror Reaasuarnce Romantic Secret Torture
Past certain ages or certain wisdoms it is very difficult to look with wonder; it is best done when one is a child; after that, and if you are lucky, you will find a bridge of childhood and walk across it.
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Age Children Difficult Luck Past Wisdom Yourself
It’s a very excruciating life facing that blank piece of paper every day and having to reach up somewhere into the clouds and bring something down out of them.
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Life Paper Pieces Reach Tired
It may be normal, darling; but I’d rather be natural.
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Choice Myself Natural Normal Ordinary
Really being friends is the most important part, I think, of any relationship.
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Friendship Important Myself Relationship Thinking
Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them. Then rearrange the rules to suit yourself.
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Born Law Learning Music Painting Perspective Writing Yourself
One of the most difficult things in writing a novel or anything at all is to choose the point of view from which it’s going to be told.
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Difficult Myself Novel View Writing
The better the actor, the more stupid he is.
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Actor Better Himself Stupidity
We all, sometimes, leave each other there under the skies, and we never understand why.
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Leaving Sky Time Understand
If there is no mystery, for the artist, to solve inside of his art, then there’s no point in it….for me, every act of the art of solving a mystery.
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Art Artist Myself Mystery
The quietness of his tone italicized the malice of his reply.
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Quiet Reply Voice
Great fury, like great whisky, requires long fermentation.
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Greatness Growth Patience Time

I just live one day at a time. That’s my new theory in life.

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